APPROPRIATION BILL FOR 1946 HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE US Congress, House. COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SEVENTY-NINTH CONGRESS HJ10 ·B8 19460 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS CLARENCE CANNON, Missouri, Chairman LOUIS LUDLOW, Indiana JAMES M. CURLEY, Massachusetts HERMAN P. KOPPLEMANN, Connecticut J. VAUGHAN GARY, Virginia MATTHEW M. NEELY, West Virginia JOHN TABER, New York RICHARD B. WIGGLESWORTH, Massachusetts KARL STEFAN, Nebraska FRANCIS H. CASE, South Dakota H. CARL ANDERSEN, Minnesota GLS 2.3 Ap SECOND DEFICIENCY APPROPRIATION BILL, 1946 HEARINGS CONDUCTED BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, IN CHARGE OF DEFICIENCY APPROPRIATIONS, MESSRS. CLARENCE CANNON (CHAIRMAN), LOUIS LUDLOW, EMMET O'NEAL, LOUIS C. RABAUT, JED JOHNSON, JOHN TABER, RICHARD B. WIGGLESWORTH, EVERETT M. DIRKSEN; ON THE DAYS FOL-, LOWING, NAMELY: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1946. BUREAU OF THE BUDGET STATEMENTS OF FREDERICK J. LAWTON, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR; AND H. W. STONE, BUDGET EXAMINER INCREASED PAY COSTS DUE TO PAY LEGISLATION Mr. LUDLOW. Mr. Lawton, we will open the hearings with that ection of the bill calling for the largest amount of appropriation— nose provisions calling for supplemental appropriations on account of pay legislation effective from the commencement of the current fiscal year and not heretofore implemented by appropriations. The estimates were contained in House Document 437. The items I believe begin on page 44 of the subcommittee print and extend over to page 80. All told, they call for an appropriation of $409,534,576. GENERAL STATEMENT Mr. LUDLOW. Would you like to make a general statement at this point? Mr. LAWTON. The supplemental estimates now under consideration. aggregate $409,534,576 and affect 448 appropriations. They represent the additional amounts required for the fiscal year 1946 for all agencies of the Federal Government, including the legislative and judicial branches and the District of Columbia, to cover the increased pay costs granted by the Federal Employees Pay Act of 1945 (Public Law 106), the act of July 6, 1945 (Public Law 134), the act of July 14, 1945 (Public Law 151), and the act of July 21, 1945 (Public Law 158). Mr. LUDLOW. For the purpose of the record, will you tell us in a line what each one of these acts is. Mr. LAWTON. Public Law 106 is the Federal Employees Pay Actcovering employees who are covered under the Classification Act of 1923. Public Law 134 is the Post Office Pay Act. 67 1 |